FREN0224B-F18
Travelers and Migrants
Travelers and Migrants in French and Francophone Literature
Multiple forms of traveling emerged with the expansion of the French empire, from colonial ventures to forced migration. In this course we will study how writers represent such experiences. We will discuss fictions that focus on mobility, passages, and border-crossing, and question what these fictions reveal about the cultures in contact. How do travel and migration narratives reconfigure the relation between here and there, self and other, the individual and the community? Studying literary texts in their historical contexts will allow us to discuss varied topics, such as nationhood, slavery, exoticism, identity, and difference, as well as to explore several artistic movements that have shaped French and Francophone culture. Writers will include Montesquieu, Balzac, Baudelaire, Madame de Staël, Gide, Césaire, Glissant, and Sinha. (FREN 0209 or 0210 or placement) 3 hrs. sem.
Multiple forms of traveling emerged with the expansion of the French empire, from colonial ventures to forced migration. In this course we will study how writers represent such experiences. We will discuss fictions that focus on mobility, passages, and border-crossing, and question what these fictions reveal about the cultures in contact. How do travel and migration narratives reconfigure the relation between here and there, self and other, the individual and the community? Studying literary texts in their historical contexts will allow us to discuss varied topics, such as nationhood, slavery, exoticism, identity, and difference, as well as to explore several artistic movements that have shaped French and Francophone culture. Writers will include Montesquieu, Balzac, Baudelaire, Madame de Staël, Gide, Césaire, Glissant, and Sinha. (FREN 0209 or 0210 or placement) 3 hrs. sem.
- Term:
- Fall 2018
- Location:
- Le Chateau 003(CHT 003)
- Schedule:
- 12:15pm-1:30pm on Monday, Wednesday (Sep 11, 2018 to Dec 7, 2018)
- Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Julien Weber
- Subject:
- French
- Department:
- French
- Division:
- Languages
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP CW EUR LIT
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- FREN0224A-F18 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92495
- Subject Code:
- FREN
- Course Number:
- 0224
- Section Identifier:
- B